Edible Protein Cookie Dough (Print Version)

No-bake protein cookie dough studded with chocolate chips, ideal for a quick nutritious snack.

# What You'll Need:

→ Dry Ingredients

01 - 1 cup oat flour, certified gluten-free optional
02 - 1/2 cup vanilla or unflavored protein powder
03 - 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

→ Wet Ingredients

04 - 1/3 cup natural almond butter or peanut butter
05 - 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
06 - 2 tablespoons milk of choice, dairy or plant-based
07 - 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

→ Mix-ins

08 - 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips, dairy-free optional

# How to Make It:

01 - In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together oat flour, protein powder, and salt until evenly distributed.
02 - Add almond butter, maple syrup, milk, and vanilla extract to the dry mixture. Stir with a spatula until a thick, smooth dough forms.
03 - Gently fold mini chocolate chips into the dough, distributing them evenly throughout.
04 - If the dough appears dry, add an additional tablespoon of milk and mix until the desired consistency is achieved.
05 - Scoop dough into tablespoon-sized balls or serve directly from the bowl.

# Additional Tips::

01 -
  • It tastes like dessert but your body actually thanks you for eating it, which is the kind of magic moment that rarely happens in the kitchen.
  • No baking required means you can satisfy a cookie craving in the time it takes to brew coffee.
  • The protein powder disappears into the flavor rather than tasting like a chalky afterthought, which took me three attempts to figure out.
02 -
  • Don't use old protein powder that's been sitting in the back of your cabinet for a year, because it will taste weirdly bitter and ruin the whole vibe; fresh powder is genuinely important here.
  • If you use natural nut butter that has separated oil on top, stir it back in before measuring, otherwise your ratios get thrown off and the dough becomes either too dry or too oily.
03 -
  • Measure your nut butter by weight if possible rather than by volume, because nut butters are dense and a packed cup is very different from a loose cup, which will change your whole texture game.
  • Room temperature ingredients mix together more smoothly than cold ones, so let your nut butter and milk sit out for ten minutes before you start if they've been in the fridge.
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